How Hardcore of a Customizer are You?

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

I got a weird trait, (not as weird as that stool thing though) in that I CAN'T use a figure for customs unless I already have one in my collection. (That's sorta how I ended up with a set of Waltons...) BUT I've doctored up a few originals, so as to improve them. (My Supergirl has a custom outfit, Conan and Thor have custom He-Man torsos, Captain America got a full workover, Batman got a repaint, etc.)

But once that's done; ANYONE is fair game for custom fodder. Although I've also traded carded figures and rare characters for more parts instead of dismantling them.

Don C.

[Blackkryptonite]

You call that hardcore? I got pieces of that Superman figure in my stool.

Ok, you and Russ scare the hell out of me

[Customslab]

Ok, you and Russ scare the hell out of me

[GUYx1]

I remember some people (such as Former California mego dealer Paul Chu) who would go to a toy show (when people went to such things) and chop a mego to bits within 30 minutes of arriving home. Never fun to hear about that when he just took a doll you needed and turned it into SPAWN, but that charater was HUGE at the time.

Back in my day we did not have REPRO parts and mego collectors were far from the advanced craftsmen you see today.
We had to make due with what was available.
I remember Terry Semenoff painting Lizard Heads Brown, Mummies with Evel Keneval hands and painting Andorian gloves so he could trade away a complete teen titan. This was BEFORE the internet, so he didn't know this was a bad idea until it was too late.
All the parts we used for customizing were vintage. There was no Doctor mego. Only Mark Huckabone and his glorious storage locker. When in doubt Call mark's Mom and maybe she can find a part for you to use.

I remember in the 1990's when Mark H. took down a list of characters we all wanted made as mego heads, but sadly nothing would ever came of it (My biggest want was a mad max head.)

Through the years I have chopped up, dyed and dismembered more megos than many people have ever had in their collections and in retrospect, I feel kinda bad about it now.
After all the parts mixing, I have huge collection of bible megos with no arms.

Now that I see what you guys have to work with.
Such amazing heads and outfits, You are sll so gifted.
The possibilities are endless.

I think I have seen almost the entire Marvel & DC catalogue of characters.
It is truly amazing to see what you have all created.

[palitoy]

I remember picking through a box at Marks and finding many abandoned 80's and early ninties customs in there, no doubt scooped at shows for their original parts.

It's amazing how far this hobby has progressed, a lot of those customs would have impressed folks then and now would elicit giggles.

My own Red Skull from 1992 will never be shown, ever.